Cuckoo Silkie Chicks

[Broke Down Ranch]

I have several chicks ranging in age from almost a month to just a couple of weeks. I have been working with the cuckoo gene for 3-4 years now and am in my 11th or 12th generation (can't remember exactly) so the skin/eye/comb color is coming along very nicely.

At any rate, I am thinking of selling some but wanted to see if there was any interest before I start considering how much I want for them....I do not have pics of the chicks but do have a few of some of the breeders. In one pen I have a superb black roo over nice cuckoo hens (no pics of these breeders) and in the other pen I have a nice cuckoo male over fantastic black hens. These pics are from the second breeding group....I am not selling eggs at this time

 

[alabama girl]

These are beautiful birds, i PM'd you

 

[rainbowfancies]

Wow, what type, what color, he is like wow! Rainelle

 

[LilPeeps]

Sent you a PM.

 

[nutmeggie]

They are so cute!! Now I want silkies to go with my geese!!

 

[jenlynn4]

There beautiful! I may be needing a few more cuckoo in the fall!

 

[Broke Down Ranch]

Thanks guys. It is very exciting to see them coming along. Maybe one day we will get dark eyes - I have chicks out there now with black (no mottling) skin and darkish (tho still not mulberry) combs. I will see if I can get some pics of the youngsters today....

 

[jenlynn4]

OH I cant wait to see them! I to have been working on them and I am getting reddish combs with black spots on them. LOL It a work in progress! JEN

 

[Crunchie]

I'm not a huge fan of Silkies (don't shoot me!!

) and I'm also not a fan of the cuckoo color too often (and I breed Cuckoo Marans, go figure) but the two together are gorgeous!! What a cool breeding project. I'm sure you will get a lot of interest.

 

[silkieboxerluv]

I would be interested in a few.